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12/06/2012 04:34:06 AM MST

Victorian Christmas open house Dec. 13
The Silver City Museum's 28th annual Victorian Christmas Open House will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 13 in the historic H. B. Ailman House, 312 W. Broadway St. Sponsorship by AmBank will allow the museum to offer this celebration for free to the community.

Entertainment in the holiday spirit will be presented throughout the Victorian Christmas Evening. Performers: 5:30 p.m., Community Chamber Singers; 6 p.m., Desert Larks; 6:30 p.m., Concert Band of the Southwest Brass; 7 p.m., Deming Stringers; 7:30 p.m., Black Ivory and Silver Keys. In addition, Farhad Arasteh will be featured on the Spanish guitar from 7 to 8 p.m. in the front parlor.

There will be treats and hot apple cider. The Museum Store is stocked with gifts for shoppers of all ages. Father Christmas will be on hand, meeting and greeting all. Many participants will be dressed in period costume, giving the evening that special feeling of a bygone era. Bring the children to make holiday crafts throughout the evening. These free craft activities will be available: homemade cornucopia Christmas ornaments, Victorian-themed Christmas cards, Victorian trinket tubes, and Old-fashioned Newspaper Party Hats.

Gila Regional Medical Hospital health talk series will take place from 11 a.m. to noon Dec.

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13 at WNMU Global Resource Center, ABC Conference Room. The topic is Surviving the Holidays: A Mind a Spirit Approach presented by psychiatrists Teresa Arizaga-Morales, M.D. and Maria Elena Arizaga, M.D., along with past GRMC Hospice Medical Director Gilbert Arizaga, M.D. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For information, call (575) 538-4870.

Tumbleweed Theater to present Christmas Show

Tumbleweed Theater presents their Christmas Variety Show Saturday, Dec. 14 and 16 at the theater, 205 Broadway St., in Columbus. Evening shows are at 7 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.) and Sunday s matinee at 1:30 p.m. (doors open at noon).

Enjoy a meal, good music, the spirit of Christmas and lots of laughter, and warmhearted fun. Tickets are $15 for the meal and show and $6 for the show, only.

The Mimbres Region Arts Council fundraiser, Black Tie Benefit Ball, will be from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Dec. 15 in the ballroom, Murray Hotel, 200 W. Broadway St. This catered affair promises to be the holiday event of the season.
Dress to the nines and dance to the music of Rhythm Mystic and Brandon Perrault. A few of the limited $1,000 sponsor tables with guaranteed seating for 10 surrounding the dance floor and including two bottles of Gruet champagne are still available.

Celebrate the holidays with great food, friends, and fun. The proceeds of this fundraiser will benefit the Mimbres Region Arts Council providing quality visual, performing and youth arts programs that serve and strengthen our community.
Individual tickets are $50 each. Tickets are limited, so purchase yours today. Tickets available at mimbresarts.org/store, MRAC office, Leyba & Ingalls Arts and Murray Hotel.